Uffizi Firenze • Folksy Travel by Bill Smale

This is a very beautiful museum to visit and highly recommended. One thing I keep getting reminded of when I enter a cathedral or visit a museum of ancient art, at certain periods of history the money was in religion and religious art. I don’t know how many museums I’ve been in since I started visiting areas in Europe including Ireland and the British Isles but I think my senses have become jaded by the overflow of religious art. I recommend when you want to visit this museum or any other it might be a good idea to read a little about the different artist displayed and what to look for that makes them stand out over the others. I think that will help give you a little more sense of excitement and anticipation at the detail, technique and display.

Interesting outfit Uffizi Firenze — I wasn’t quite sure if she was dressed as intended. Maybe I was missing some new fashion technique.

Sign over the entranceway Uffizi Firenze — at the entrance you see this over the door. You can do your own translation. That numbering system is different from what I learned.

A little crowded Uffizi Firenze — The entrance. It was fairly crowded but not too bad

The story of the birth Uffizi Firenze — there are various stories and interpretations. What I have come to understand is that some scholars from Persia were early astronomers and they saw an alignment of stars indicating they should look for someone special. So they went looking and found a baby that was born on the day this alignment started. But don’t take that as the gospel.

Botticelli painting Bill Smale — This painting I have seen several times and it’s stuck in my mind. I think it’s because the artist is recognized as someone truly excellent.

Venus Bill Smale — This one is extremely famous

Piece of statue Bill Smale — Many statues crumbled and were found in pieces. Many were put back together under supposition, what they were probably intending to show. But some pieces just kept hanging around without a main edifice

Power without clothing Bill Smale — he looks very triumphant. Recently I came to understand gods and extremely strong and capable heroes, male and female, were often depicted without any clothing. The reason was pretty simple. They were so powerful they did not need any demonstration of power or position, something clothing very much indicated at the times the statues were created.

Beautiful ceiling — When you walk through the museum make sure to look around and up at the ceiling as well. It’s a very beautiful building

Ponte vecchio — Ponte Vecchio seen from the museum

Looking through the window — what interested me in this painting is the sense that you are really looking through a window at something happening outside. It just struck me as a unique presentation

A good catch? — The action here is interesting. He is going for a good catch?

Boring — This was not as boring as it seems

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